Theme- Splashes
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Listen actively and attentively
• Participate in group discussions
• Enjoy rhymes/ alliteration
• Listen to stories
• Participate in games of phonetic awareness (oddity tasks)
• Recognise the letter, its phonetic sound and write ‘t’, ‘T’ and ‘i’
• Relate to sounds and some symbols of own name
• Demonstrate print awareness
• Enjoy and explore books
Mathematical Development
• Recapitulation of number 1-3
• Introduction and recognition and representation of the number 4
• Explore shapes
• Compare time without measuring
• Fix four-six jigsaw puzzles
• Sort
• Number: 41-50 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Mix primary colours to get secondary colours
Concept: When light hits objects, some of the wavelengths are absorbed and some are reflected, depending on the materials in the object. The reflected wavelengths are what we perceive as the object’s colour. To children, colour is one of the most attractive qualities of the visual world, from the subtle colours of the natural world to the bright colours of their toys, clothes and books.
This theme exposes children to the wonderful and magical world of colours. Our class will be conducting activities with paint. Your child will enjoy exploring its fluid nature, as well as how it mixes to make different colours. In addition to painting, children will experience many activities including colour matching and sorting games.
It is important that your child has access to wide variety of paints, colour materials, artistic tools and opportunities to explore their expressive possibilities. You can expand your child’s experiences of colours and textures by exploring crayons, markers, paints, pastels, paper, fabric collages and three-dimensional models with your child. In the beginning, you may notice your child using colour relationship to the object or figure. As they mature they will use colour more naturalistically through observation and exposure.
Words in focus: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, rainbow, tortoise, teeth, trees, tomato, tooth brush, tooth paste, tap, inside, Incy, ink pot, Iqbal
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om vinayaka vinayaka vigna vinashak vinayaka,
Adi narayan vinayaka, Satya swarupa vinayaka.
Closing Prayer:
Being with us Mary along the world
Being with us Mary along the world
Guide every step we take
Guide every step we take
Lead us to Jesus, your loving son
Lead us to Jesus, your loving son
Come with us Mary, come,
Come with us Mary, come,
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary, come,
Come with us Mary, come,
Food prayer:
Sah-na bhava-tu, sah-nao bhunak-tu;
Sah viryam karva-vahe,
Tejas-vina vadh-itam-astu
Maa vidh-visha-wahai
Om shanti shanti shanty
Rhymes:
Previous rhymes for revision
1. Good morning, to you and to you
2. Good –bye my friends
3. Let’s clean up today!
4. It’s time to go out and play
5. Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
6. Name song
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I love red (Sing to the tune of “Twinkle twinkle little star”)
I love (name colour) things, yes I do
Let me show some (name colour) things to you.
In turn show one coloured thing to the children at a time and continue to sing the suggested two lines.
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‘Tt’ Rhyme (Sing to the tune of “The Muffin Man”)
When I saw the kids at play
/t/-/t/-/t/,
/t/-/t/-/t/…………..
The tennis ball went this way
/t/-/t/-/t/,
/t/-/t/-/t/…………..
When I saw the kids at play
/t/-/t/-/t/,
/t/-/t/-/t/…………..
I too want to play.
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‘Ii’ rhyme (sing to the tune of: ‘Skip to my Lou’)
/i/-/i/-/i/ Incy the spider
/i/-/i/-/i/ Incy the spider
/i/-/i/-/i/ Incy the spider
Crawled into Iqbal’s bed.
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Number rhyme: Turtles
One baby turtle alone and new.
Finds a friend, and then there are two.
Two baby turtles crawl down to the sea.
They find another, and then there are three.
Three baby turtles crawl along the shore.
They find another, and then there are four.
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My friends are special
My friends are special.
If you look, you will see.
All very special,
All very special,
My friends and me,
My friends and me.
